Harsh Thakkar

Qualtivate

Clients who have trusted our expertise:

- Rho Inc
- ICON PLC
- Immuneering
- G1 Therapeutics 
- Seres Therapeutics 
- and many more since 2022

Our why:

Help life sciences elevate their quality management and build innovative technologies to make data-driven decisions throughout the product development lifecycle.

4 ways we deliver value:

1. Quality Management & Compliance 
2. Computer Systems Lifecycle Management 
3. Data Governance & Integrity 
4. Custom App Development 

How we can help you:

- Auditing your software and quality systems.
- Prepping sites for GMP.
- Full management of your computer systems.
- Qualifying infrastructure and equipment.
- Training for FDA and regulatory audits.
- Oversight of all GxP QA activities.
- Building smart AI and no-code apps.
- Shifting from paper to digital QMS.
- Moving from validation to software assurance.
- Managing your external suppliers network.
- Crafting a solid data governance strategy.
- Building data-driven supply chains.

How to get in touch?

1) Word of mouth via our happy clients and business partners.

2) Or good old email and phone:

📞 Call us: +1-919-213-8737
📧 Email: hthakkar@qualtivate.com
🌐 Visit: www.qualtivate.com

CEO and Founder

Life Sciences 360

Life Sciences 360 is a podcast and YouTube channel that educates anyone on challenges, trends, and insights in the life-sciences industry. 

As the host, I interview subject-matter experts, CXOs, business leaders, and key life-science partners contributing to bringing new therapies to patients worldwide. 

I'm passionate about advancements in life sciences and technology and always eager to learn from guests— making the show both informative and useful for the audience.

Podcast Host and Producer

Cytokinetics

Associate Director Quality Assurance GxP Electronic Systems

Bristol Myers Squibb

Sr. Manager Quality Assurance- GxP Systems

Manager Quality Assurance GxP Systems

White Collar Technologies, Inc

Consulted for 
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Takeda)
- Biogen
- Myonex (formerly Myoderm)
- Merck
- Johnson & Johnson (led projects for JnJ Consumer, Janssen and Ethicon)

Senior Quality and CSV Consultant

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Pfizer

QC Analyst

CEO @ Qualtivate- consultancy helping life sciences to elevate quality management maturity, ensure regulatory compliance, and deploy innovative technology solutions.

A few years ago, I noticed a recurring big hairy problem in the life sciences industry: 

(hint: it's not what you think!)

Companies drowning in data but starving for insights.

I saw teams spending countless hours sifting through spreadsheets, chasing down reports, and still missing critical information when it mattered most. 

Compliance felt like a burden rather than a built-in strength.

I knew there had to be a better way.

That's why I founded Qualtivate.

We started with a simple yet powerful idea: 
Integrate quality directly into everyday workflows and technology. 

No more patchwork solutions or endless manual processes. 

Just streamlined, intelligent systems that turn messy, unstructured data into clear, actionable insights.

Today, we've helped 15+ life science companies transform their approach to quality management. 

By automating workflows and connecting systems, we've not only reduced manual efforts by up to 65% (stats collected by QC lead from a top-25 biotech client) but also empowered organizations to make smarter, faster decisions with confidence.

Just imagine having all your critical data at your fingertips, processes that adapt and improve continuously, and a team that's freed up to focus on innovation rather than administration.

That's the future we're building at Qualtivate.

Are you ready to leave outdated practices behind and embrace a smarter approach to quality and compliance?

Let's make it happen together.

👉🏼 Connect with me or visit qualtivate.com to learn how we can elevate your quality management to the next level.

CEO and Founder– Qualtivate 

Qualtivate is a quality management and regulatory compliance consulting firm helping life science companies make data-driven decisions throughout their product development lifecycle.

How?
Cultivate insights from your QMS data in hours, not days using our technical expertise in off-the-shelf no-code, automation and AI/ML tools.

Build your phase-appropriate quality management system (QMS) that:

• Provides full transparency of product data, processes, systems, and people. 
• Automates performance monitoring and quality management reviews.
• Embeds compliance within flexible, user-friendly, organically built processes.
• Reduces the organization's quality costs by automating data collection, analysis, trending, and reporting.

To find out more about how we can help, please get in touch with me directly on the details below. 

☏ +1-919-213-8737
✉ hthakkar@qualtivate.com 	
Visit ☛ www.qualtivate.com

SearchLux

SearchLux is a search firm dedicated to assisting technology-focused organizations in attracting, hiring, and retaining exceptional technical talent, empowering them to develop and ship innovative products that fuel their business growth.

We specialize in recruiting the following talent:
Engineering
Manufacturing
Data
Analytics
DevOps
Product & Design
Leadership

Founder

Austin Meat & Seafood Company

Helping wholesalers/retailers/processors achieve profitable growth by providing quality meat/seafood, custom-cuts, logistic solutions, and distinct service.

Austin Meat & Seafood Company is a premier wholesale meat and seafood distributor located in the largest food distribution center in the world.

We distribute only the finest meats and freshest seafood to many of the premier steakhouses, caterers, ship lines, restaurants, institutions, five-star hotels, country clubs, processors, and supermarkets. 

We are the leading wholesale distributor of Kobe Beef on the East Coast. Austin Meat sells the highest quality Kobe Beef and Kurobuta Pork that can be found anywhere east of Japan.

From beef, pork, poultry, lamb, veal, to seafood;  Austin Meat & Seafood Company can bring you the worlds finest products to meet your unique business needs.

Sales, Procurement, Logistics

The Kiln

Scaled B2B prospecting by building and optimizing outbound sales systems for clients. 

Provided comprehensive services aimed at driving revenue growth:

➡️ Email infrastructure + tech stack setup
➡️ Data capture + enrichment
➡️ Lead sourcing + intent triggers
➡️ Copywriting + AI personalizations
➡️ Omni-channel outreach 
➡️ Custom Clay workflows

GTM Lead

CMX Media

Connected community professionals with exciting career opportunities.

Recruitment Consultant

Livestream

SaaS Sales: Helping thousands of customers improve their communications through live video

Enterprise Account Executive

TEKsystems

Partnered with Fintech/Capital Markets organizations in executing their business goals through project based/global application services and staff augmentation.

Externally, my responsibilities included Business Development, Relationship Management and Project Resource Management. Leveraged market analytics to help my clients stay ahead of the resourcing curve and maximize their ROI on resource spend. Conducted client negotiations with regards to compensation rates and terms, and am continually involved throughout the on-boarding process.

Internally, provided guidance and support to the recruitment team, and assisted in the screening and selection of candidates.

Specialties: 
Talent Acquisition, Search Consulting, Business Development - Developing long-term, successful professional relationships with clients built on a thorough understanding of their business and IT culture. 

Market Analytics - Developed a deep understanding of the IT market place to support a referral based recruitment approach. I understood where talented technical professionals are and when they are available, as well as what it takes to recruit and retain them

Achievements:
4 x Contest Winner (Presidents Club equivalent)

Account Executive and Technical Recruiting Manager

Focused on building strong relationships and placing technical talent in the Fintech space. I primarily recruited in the applications arena of IT and placed candidates at some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in NYC, such as Bank of America/ Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, AIG, American Express, DTCC, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, S&P, UBS and RBS.

Software Development, Engineering, Design, and Architecture
Web Development, Engineering, Design, and Architecture
Business Analysis and Data Analysis
Project/Program Management, PMO
QA

Java/J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, JMS, TIBCO, MQ, Python, Scala, Drools, Multithreading
C#, WCF, WPF, LINQ, PRISM, ASP.NET,
HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ext-JS, AngularJS, Jquery, AJAX, UX and UI Design, Full-Stack
C++, Unix/Windows/Linux, STL, Boost, MFC, INTEX API
FIX Protocol
Calypso, Murex, Openlink Endur, Sophis, Charles River, Summit, MarketAxess
Data bases: Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2
Big Data: Hadoop, Greenplum, Oozie, Pig, Hive, Data Scientists, Data Engineers

Equities Algo Trading, Stat Arbitrage, High Frequency Trading
Fixed Income (corps, govs, muni, etc), Structured Credit, Interest Rate Products
Credit Derivatives, CDS, Tranches, CDO
FX, Currencies
Quantitative Development/Analysis
VaR, Greeks, Stress Testing, Back Testing

Risk/Regulatory:
Credit/Market/Liquidity/Country Risk
IHC, FBO-EPS
CCAR
Dodd-Frank, Volcker, EMIR
Basel I, II, III, BCBS

Technical Recruiter

MetLife

Financial Adviser, Financial Services Sales Representative
Financial services firm: providing insurance, securities, and investments for business owners, individuals, and groups.
Licenses: Series 6, Series 63, Life, Accident & Health Insurance.

Financial Adviser, Financial Services Sales Representative at MetLife

Has your company been suffering from subpar hiring results?

Picture this all-too familiar scene:

❌ Wasted resources, time, and money spent on recruitment, interviews, onboarding, training, termination, and then repeating this process to find a replacement

❌ Constant struggle to hire and retain high-performing talent

❌ Overworked, stressed teams struggling to keep up, feeling stuck in a never-ending cycle

❌ Tarnished job and brand reputation

❌ Delayed product releases, missed deadlines, and unfulfilled business objectives

❌ Losing market share as competitors outperform your products and services

Can you continue to operate this way?

If you can’t, make sure you keep reading.

In today's fast-paced technology landscape, meeting hiring expectations is more crucial than ever. Business leaders must hire the right people from the start to drive innovation and meet market demands. 

Having successfully recruited and placed hundreds of technical professionals, I recognized an opportunity to help organizations minimize their hiring risks and gain a competitive talent advantage.

That's why I founded SearchLux, a boutique search agency specializing in helping companies attract, hire the right people to build high-performing teams and execute their vision.

Why choose us?

✅ We invest time in understanding your business goals and culture, ensuring a perfect talent match

✅ As a boutique firm, we're agile and can tailor our services to meet your unique needs

✅ Access and engage elite technical talent to build innovative, outcome-driven teams

✅ Minimize hiring risks 

✅ Save time, money, and resources, allowing you to focus on what you do best

✅ We GUARANTEE filling the role with your ideal hire

Ready to minimize hiring risks and build your dream team? 

Let's connect! Simply send me a connection request, and together, we'll explore how SearchLux can set you up for hiring success.

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